I sure could have used a break. Don’t get me wrong, I loved “52,” and I’m just as excited as the next comic fan for “Countdown,” but, seriously, they could have at least given us a week off to enjoy the finale of one series before throwing us right into the next. The cover of…
Arguable the biggest movie of the year, Spider-Man 3, opened last Friday to record numbers. Naturally, all of us Doomers took in the spectacle. What’d we all think? Well, here’s what four of us thought, at least… Jim Doom: My criticism is that the movie lacked the depth and sophistication of the previous two movies….
Let’s face it: this is a pretty crappy week for comics. Nothing much of interest comes out this week besides Countdown (which Doom DeLuise has dibs on), and almost everything else worth reading is in the middle of an arc. Not exactly the best pick for a Book of Doom. Thankfully, there is one comic…
Horrible Idea of the Week- Jackpot, Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift Mary Jane as a superhero…WTF was Dan Slott thinking?! There was a time when it was commonplace for the non-super-powered friends of superheroes to dress up in colorful costumes and fight crime. That time was the Golden Age, and half the comic blogs on the…
By Fletcher Hanks (compiled by Paul Karasik) Fantagraphics, 2007, $19.95 For a sneak peek into the brain of one of comics’ original weirdos, all you need is to learn the source of the title to this collection. Set almost perfectly in the middle of a dozen or so tales from the pen of Fletcher Hanks…
By Grant Morrison (W) and others Published by DC Comics. Cover price $19.99. Originally printed as DC 1,000,000 1-4, Green Lantern 1,000,000, Stannan 1,000,000, JLA 1,000,000, Resurrection Man 1,000,000, and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow 1,000,000 The Plot: The JLA of today and the JLA of the year 85,271 fight the threat of Vandal Savage…
Welcome one and all to the weekly roundtable o’ Doom, in which we villainous folk tear apart a book. In this second week of our guest star extravaganza (read on to see which blogger is joining the fun) we’re looking at the kicker-offer to World War Hulk. Would it shatter the senses as billed? According…
By Emmanuel Guibert (W) and Joann Sfar (A) Published by First Second, volumes 1-3, $12.95 We make a belated return to the wide world of international comics (redundant, eh?) with a look at Sardine in Outer Space. The third graphic novel in the series will be released this year. Sardine is a space pirate, an…
A very large week for me this week with fairly mixed results. There was the end of one big event (52) and the beginning of another (World War Hulk). There were a couple books nearing the end of a run and the long-awaited rejuvenation of another. Plenty to talk about, so let’s do just that….
Like horror and/or drawing? If you answered yes to either, you might be interested in the following news that first, Boom! Studios is looking for some artists to join the ranks and second, Fangoria has announced the publication dates of its new line of books. As Marv Alberts said in Baseketball, “You’re excited? Feel these…